Senegal vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 12.9 per 100,000 people in Senegal and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Senegal, by 1.8 per 100,000 people, or 1.16 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

SenegalSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

Senegal has been higher since 2012, when it overtook South Africa.
In 2017, Senegal ranked 44 and South Africa ranked 62 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Year	Senegal	South Africa	World
2017	12.9	11.2	10
2016	13	10.9	10.1
2015	13	10.8	10.2
2014	13	10.8	10.3
2013	12.9	11.1	10.5
2012	12.8	11.9	10.7
2011	12.6	12.9	11
2010	12.5	14.6	11.2
2009	12.5	16.3	11.4
2008	12.5	17.9	11.6
2007	12.6	19.2	11.7
2006	12.6	20.6	12
2005	12.7	21.5	12.5
2004	12.7	22.5	12.6
2003	12.7	23.1	12.8
2002	12.7	23.1	13
2001	12.8	23	13.4
2000	12.8	24.3	14.1
1999	13	22.4	14.5
1998	13	21.6	14.7
1997	13	20.9	15.1
1996	13.1	19.1	15.4
1995	13.1	18.6	15.9
1994	13.1	18.6	16.1
1993	13	18.3	16
1992	13	19.2	15.8
1991	13	18.6	15.5
1990	13.1	18.6	15.4

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Deaths by suicide in a year, per 100,000 people.
Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2017, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Senegal vs South Africa: Suicide rate

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